A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta softball team traveled to No. 10 Ithaca College today and came away with a tie in game two of the twin bill after falling 4-3 in game one.
 
The Inside Story
Oneonta (5-8-1) matched the Bombers pitch for pitch in both games today.  Game 1 ended on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning by Ithaca's Vanessa Brown.  Brown's game-ender came with two outs.
 
The Red Dragons started the scoring in the first inning when senior Dana Del Genio (New Hartford/New Hartford) scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Caroline Koch (New City/Clarkstown South).  Del Genio led off the game with a double and moved to third on a bunt single by senior Selena Ruiz (Westbury/W.T. Clarke).
 
Oneonta grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third inning when sophomore Amanda Sexton (Port Jervis/Port Jervis) hit a two-out double to drive in junior Brooke Corbett (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) who singled.
 
Ithaca came back in the bottom of the third scoring three runs to take the lead.  Annie Cooney hit a solo home run to lead off the inning.  The other two runs for the Bombers came in on an errand throw on a double steal.
 
The Red Dragons tied the game in the fifth, once again striking with two outs.  This time it was Corbett who had a sacrifice fly to knock in Ruiz who singled, went to second on a ground out and then stole third.
 
In the second game, Ithaca scored single runs in the second in the fourth innings to lead at the midway point.
 
Del Genio drove in the tying runs in the fifth inning for Oneonta.  Both Olivia Murray (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) and Megan Palmatier (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) came in to score on the hit.
 
Koch gave the Red Dragons the lead in the sixth when she drove a ball over the fence in left-center.
 
Ithaca would knot the score at three apiece in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Neither team broke the tie in the seventh inning and the game was ended due to darkness.
 
Just the Stats
Del Genio collected a pair of hits in both games to lead the offense.  Ruiz had two hits and game 1 and Koch had two hits in the night cap.
 
Freshman Madison Capozucca (South Glens Falls/South Glens Falls) settled for the tie in game 2 pitching seven innings and striking out two.
 
What's Next
Oneonta is scheduled to play SUNY Geneseo on Friday to open its SUNYAC schedule.  The doubleheader has been moved to SUNY Cobleskill beginning at 3pm.